Red Cap Energy (Pty) Ltd, under various Special Purpose Vehicles, namely, Riemland Wind Farm 1 (Pty) Ltd, Riemland Wind Farm 2 (Pty) Ltd, Riemland Wind Farm 3 (Pty) Ltd, Riemland Wind Farm 4 (Pty) Ltd and Riemland GridCo (Pty) Ltd (collectively referred to as ‘the proponent’), respectively propose to develop four wind farms and associated grid connection infrastructure near Heilbron, Free State, collectively referred to as the Riemland Wind Farms Development.
The Riemland Wind Farms Development will require a number of approvals and authorisations including:
- Environmental Authorisations in terms of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) and the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, 2014, as amended.
- Water Use Licence in terms of Section 21 of the National Water Act 36 of 1998.
- Approval in terms of Section 53 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002.
- Approval in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999.
SRK Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (‘SRK’) has been appointed by the proponent as the independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) to undertake the Scoping and Environmental Impact Reporting (S&EIR) processes required for the Riemland Wind Farms Development in terms of NEMA.
Accordingly, five separate S&EIR processes are being undertaken in parallel for:
- Riemland Wind Farm 1;
- Riemland Wind Farm 2;
- Riemland Wind Farm 3;
- Riemland Wind Farm 4; and
- Riemland Grid Connection.
